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The housing organisation, Respond, is on track to triple the number of social and low-cost rental houses under construction, reaching over 4.100 in the coming months

Teachers will organise a warning strike on 15 September and, if the desired results are not achieved, they will also strike on 29 September, the Lithuanian Education Employees' Union announced

The ground-breaking ceremony took place for the 130-room business hotel in the Eschner industrial 'business park', which should be able to receive its first guests in two years' time

Citizens are being urged to join the fight against blue algae, a danger to humans and animals, by collecting data via an app designed by the Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology and the Water Management Agency

90 goods trains a day will be able to travel through the Gotthard Base Tunnel from today, but repair work following a freight train derailment on August 10 will take months, the federal railways says, confirming support from neighboring Italy

Five Monegasque were among the 2.500 young athletes between the ages of 14 and 18 who took part this summer in the 17th European Youth Olympic Festival in Maribor, Slovenia

689.000 passengers passed through Ljubljana Airport in the first seven months of the year, 35% more than in the same period last year, but still far below the figures recorded for the same period in 2019

70 Ukrainian pilots will train in Denmark to be able to fly F-16 fighters

Scandinavian Airlines SAS will remain under bankruptcy protection until next year following a New York bankruptcy court order earlier this month; the airline will have until January 8th, 2024, to develop a viable restructuring plan

In 2022 visa offices of missions abroad processed a total of 1.490,473 visa applications, the bulk of which were national visas amounting to 393.083, a significant increase over 2021

The Spanish national team won the Women's World Cup by beating England 1-0 with Olga Carmona's goal in the 29th minute at the Accor Stadium in Sydney in front of more than 75.000 people

During the Sunday Angelus Pope Francis greeted Polish pilgrims visiting the Shrine of Our Lady of Piekary Śląskie, Poland, which has attracted thousands of women and young people

Ukraine has threatened to close the border for Israeli pilgrims traditionally heading to Uman for the Jewish New Year if Israel continues its current visa policy towards Ukrainian refugees